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Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji / Procuring Technology for “ Recycling of Plastics “

Dear Friends,

If my following suggestion appeals to you, I urge you to influence our Policy Makers ( both, at Centre and at the States level ), with your own comments / suggestions , with respect to its implementation

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Subject: Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji / Procuring Technology for “ Recycling of Plastics “

Procuring Technology for “ Recycling of Plastics “

Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji

( Foreign Secretary – psfs@mea.gov.in )

Congratulations for setting up KRA ( Key Result Areas ) for our Ambassadors in various countries ( especially, in relation to “ procuring high technology “ ) , as reported below :

04 Feb 2022

Extract :

Ø Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla has written to all mission heads that Indian embassies will function as a team and all officers will be judged on parameters of enhancement of trade, procurement of technology and selling India as a tourism destination.

Ø On August 6, 2021, PM Modi has addressed the heads of missions virtually with the focus on enhancing Indian exports, procuring high end technology for India, and promoting India as a global tourism destination.

MY TAKE :

Technologies that can help us solve our myriad problems, are under development ( or already available commercially ), all over the World.

It is very likely that some of these news might escape your attention. In turn, you may not be able to alert our ambassadors to inquire / evaluate these for possible “ acquisition “ by India ( by Indian PSUs / Private Sector Firms / Research Labs etc )

As a citizen, I believe it is my duty to bring to your notice, such technology-related news whenever I come across one

Here is one :

[ A] Background

Plastic Packaging Materials are one of the biggest polluters of environment ( Air - Water – Land )

Some types of plastics take hundreds of years to decompose. There is urgent need for re-cycling of

plastics and for re-using to substitute construction materials

India's Plastic Waste Generation More Than Doubled In 5 Years: Centre / NDTV / 06 Dec 2021

Extract :

Ø Responding to a query raised in the Lower House of Parliament, Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said that more than 34 lakh tons of plastic waste was generated in 2019-20 and 30.59 lakh tons in 2018-19.

Ø According to data shared by the minister, in the last five years, the quantity of plastic waste in the country has more than doubled, as the country produced 15.89 lakh tons of plastic waste in 2015-16.

Environment Ministry notifies guidelines on EPR for plastic packaging / HINDU / 18 Feb 2022

Ø With respect to plastic packaging, the EPR covers reuse, recycling, use of recycled plastic content and end of life disposal by producers, importers and brand-owners

Ø “The guidelines not only provide a framework to strengthen the circular economy of plastic packaging waste, but also promote development of new alternatives to plastics. They provide a roadmap for businesses to move towards sustainable plastic packaging,” Mr. Yadav said in the tweet.

[ B ] Technology ( brief description ) :

# Convert all types of plastic waste into 16” x 8 “ x 8 “ Plastic Blocks ( 10 Kg weight ) through a

compression process

# No need for any additives / glue

# Won’t crack or crumble like standard concrete blocks

# Zero waste process – 1 ton of plastic makes 1 ton of ByBlock

# No specialized labour required

BYBLOCKS ARE IDEAL FOR…

# Retaining walls

# Sound walls

# Sheds

# Privacy fencing

# Terracing and landscaping

# Accent walls

If this technology can produce blocks with sufficient compressive strength for use in Highway Construction, then converting all 34 lakh tons of Plastic Waste can give enough blocks to construct 61,818 KM of 4 lane ( 45 M wide ) highways ( Shri Nitin Gadkariji may want to confirm this with technology developer )

[ C ] Country where developed :

USA

[ D ] Inventor / Developer :

https://www.byfusion.com/

https://www.byfusion.com/byblock/

https://www.byfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ByBlock%C2%AE-Product-Data-Sheet_2021.3-1.pdf

https://www.byfusion.com/faq-byblock/

Heidi Kujawa, CEO, ByFusion

[ E ] Source of News